Thread: How much ammo

Originally Posted by rugerman

In the name of safety I don't take any rounds with me. If I see a deer I go home and get a round but so far every time I've gone back the deer has gone

I find that leaving the bolt at home is safer than leaving the ammo at home. The risk with having the rifle and and the bolt is that you may just find a correct caliber cartridge under a verandah or mattress at a hut.
Not having the bolt also eliminates any of the complexities of the half cock dilemma, by leaving the bolt at home I just don't have to worry about this practice or its terminology.
Sometimes, just to be doubly sure, I like to leave the bolt somewhere so safe, that I can't even find it when I get home to look for it.